Apparatus for carbonating and dispensing beer and other liquids.



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Patented Aug. 24. 1909.

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UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

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Patented Aug. 84, 1900.

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To all whom it may concern.' t Beit known that l, Euoiauii Mowiin, a l citizen of the United States, residing iit Mnil nea liii, in the county of llennepin und Sta e of Minnesota, luive invented eertiuu new and useful linpioveinents in A ipiiratus for (larlionating and Dispensing Il .er und other Liquida; and l do herehy declare the following to be a full, clear. and c xiwt deacription of thi` invention, eueh nu will eniihle otlies skilled in the iirt to which it appertaine to make und uw the sinne.

My invention limi for its objoet to provide an improved apparatus for eu'rhoiinting nud diiipeniun v heer and other liquide; nnd to the above eiie, it consists of t ie novel deviens and combinations of devices heneiiuifter described and defined in the chiinui. n

This improved oppiiriituii is eopeenill) adapted for carrying out the improved priwf ell of eurlionatiiig und diiqien'uing heer und other liquids, not forth und eluiined in npplication 0r Letters lntent of the United l States,'liled h v ine of dote (letolier 2t, 100K, under Serial Nuinher 459,313.

In carrying out the iin roi-ed primeiro l first. confine the liquid to ieeiirlionoted or otherwiilc charged with giri in u eloiicd reeeptacle and auliject the mime to n ehnrge of gon under high pressure. Second, l vtrnnofer the charged liquid to ii closed ieeeptnele, wherein it in nuheetedto n veri' 'i'eiitly reduced pressure ut which is infilieient to hold the original charge in bond, und do not further charge the iioid liquid with gus. ,'lhird, the charged liquidhunder the veri' greotly ru-i duced pressure, is drown oli' with the originul charge or iiniounl of gus eontuiued therein. ln priirtii-e l hure foutid thut where u liquid iii charged willi n gus under high preaeure,

, iiay 70 pounds, und the gnu is tlioi'ouglih' uli- 7 liitherto, it has been the priictiee to uur# I u sight tuhe S, n pressure gogo t), and ablow- No.

or absorlned.

aorbeilvtherehv, only nhout l0 or l5 pounds pressure will fie required nhove utnumphei'ie pressure, or, in other words, iiliout two ut` inosphereu of ireusure will lie required to, cause the liquiii lo hold the unid gus in hond ln the following description of luy ini-t proved nppnratus, l will consider the suine in l its use. for dispensing und eiirlionnting heer; hut it will, ofcourse, lie undenitood tliut the apparutini 'is enpuhlc of use lor charging other lieverngefi or liquids with carbonio ueid g gas, or any other suitable gew. i

the liml i" .nl of lionate beer before it ie placed iu the barrel, keg or other containing package. t hal iiliio heen the eoniinon practice to force the heer fnun the keg by introducing into the keg, either carbonio acid gaa or air, under iressure. 'llie gos, thus introduced into the eg while the heer iii in etltic condition doeii not. carbonate the heer to any perceptili e extent, und hence doeii but little inore than to supply n pressure iiullicient to force the beer from the 'agr 'lhis method of treatment. ui ohieetionuhle for inany reiieona. It doce not uniformly earlionote the heer in the kc or horn-l. 'llie heer, which iii first drawn roni the keg will run wild" iind too much to fonin, while. nioie tluiii the laat half of the eontents of the keg will run flat or dead, und lienee will have ii stole or lniiipid'taiite. Furthermore. when the keg is emptied of heer, it uill he illed with eiirlionic acid gas, nll of wliieh gun will he wasted. when airis u.-:ed lo fori-eI the heer from the keg, it absorhs u lorge port of the gus, with which the heer h iw heen ehiii'gedz thereby more quickly reducing the guai vitiility of the boer.

g of l"i;.'. 3, but with some ports shown in full,

unil sonnpnrlu shown in dingram. Fig. 2 iii u liorizontol ueetion, tnkeh nppnixinuitely ou Fig. l, uomo piirtu lioing Iii-olsen uii'ui': und Fig. :t is u detuil in elovntion. vorn-.epoudiug in the direction in which it. is viewed to Fig. l, and uliowiug the pump eonti-olling '.'nli-e nud eertuin eoniieetioini thereto. lonie iuris heilig liroken iiwiiy.

'lh'e uuuieni l iudieutes u lied pluto which ou shown, hos supporting legs 2.. 'lhia lici pluteI l rigidly supporte two upright tiinkii .'t und 4, the foi-nier of which ni ireferalily lui-ger thun the lutter. 'lheeo tun i .'l und 4 utl'ord, resine-tively, wlnit nro herein desigiuiteil us "the eurhonnting tiink und the redueiu'yl tunk". 'llietruuk 3 is shown ns provided with u sight tithe 5, n premura gage ti, und s: blow-oli" or sufcty vulve 7, all of .which :erts muy lie of the usuiil construction.v .kewise, the tnnk 4 is provided with ed or eetety .velve l0, which parte may alao be of the ueuel conetruction. The lower por tion of the tank 3 ieinlcoitnmiinictpon mth eupper rtiono tie, an iron e e dellvery tug: tt which, at tta rec'ctvtng end,

connected by a cou ling l2 to a dependin ved ni le 13, et ie bottom of nid tan 3. The ir very'end of leid tnlie ll ie counected by e cou ling I4 to the upper end ot le a eliort tube 13 hat dependa into the up r end ol the tettlt 4, and tcrinini'iteii in a iiterelll extended, open-ended, duelninge no- Carbonic acid la supplied to the upper Il portion of the ca noting tnnk 3 from n gus tube or tenlt 17, which il connected to tank 3 by a deliver pipe I3. In the dellv pl i8, close to t ie laringe tntie I7,

le a rei uct in valve t9 of the uauul construe- 80 tion, end which le iulapted to hc eet to dcliver the gee into.tlye eiirbonuting tunk 3 y under anydeaired preeiiurc. In thcdelive pipe I3 il an ordinary cheek vulve 20 whic i ite the tlow ol the pas through uuid npe vvIl to aaid tank, but prevents ii revente tow.

A coupling 2l connecte the body ot the pipe ll to e etub pilpe 22 which ie rigidly secured to and opena irectly into the upper end ol tbe tenk 3. 30 The numeral 23 indienteii whutI muy he usauined to be a heer r.

The numeral 24 indieiiteii a pump, which la lill. pl'oht. itlllttlwo, il nl' llie typt' known to the trade ini ii hydriiulic wiiter lift. As

3e ehown, thiii pump in of the type disclosed in Letten Patent i\o. 023,207, isuned to l. ll. Weatherh id, April I8, 1800. A pipe 25 from tho bottoni ol tlio keg 23 to one eide of the upper cylinder, to-wit, the pump- 4o in cylinder, ol the pump. und uuother pipe 20 le from tlte other :tide ol' unid eylinder to the upper portion of the rurlmunting luuk 3 ae shown, iii directly eonnerted hy n coupling 27 to the outwuritly prnjeeting stem 4 5 of eepreying nozxlc or iitoiuzer 2S, whi'rh is loceted within the uuid trink Il. In the pipo 261e e chock vulve '.30 whieli|wriuits t ie ow ol the heer from' the pump into the tunk 3, but cheeks und provento n revente tlow. A water aupply pipe 30 lend from u suitulde aource ol witter nupply, under primnure, suela, for inetenre, its u rit y wuter limiti, und ipuns into the lower or operuting i-.yliuder o the pump 24.

'lhc numcrul 3l indieuteii u wuter discharge pipo which leuds l'roni the lower or oLeriitiu'g cylinder ul the pump 24 to u suitu le point ot discharge. f Depending fi nn the bottom ol' the rednetng tnnk 4 in n vnlved dem 33 to which, by

mourut ol n iuntplitugvttl, in nttnehed the re.l

oeivitu; end ol ii hoer delivery pipe 35, whirh pipe Ieinll to n iinitiihle point .of delivery, euch u the har, und u'rininntes in u dispens- .ee ing noulc 3u.

Inte in the water suppl pi 30 of the ump, uiecon'trolling vulve 7,t eltern 38 o which werke verticallg'ipwanl through n euitnble etufling box, ae t shown in Fig.

3. 'lhe pro ectlng portion ot the valve etere 'te 38 ia comico ed, hy pma 30, tothe ahort ende ol' epair ol reverecly ro'ectin leven 40 and 4l. The lever 40 inc ui ea n e nift 40* which forme its fulcruin end which is looeely journeled in ii iilcevc 42, which, im shown, pro- 'In ject tiungcntially from the lower portion of the tank 3 and provided, at ita projecting end. with e atulling hox 42. llie relativel ong 'inner erin ol' the lever 40 projcctaintio. the tnnk 3 iunl is coiiiieetcd to e lloiit 43, ee to tiliown by menne of o, link 44. The-flopt. 43

in, ae ahnwn, inA tho forni of ii hollow metallic hull. 'lhc lever4l ia, uahown pivutcd to e, hriieket 45 supported hy. the vulve 37 iind at its free und, it ni provided with an adfuetable le weight 40. I

ln the tulie ll which connecte the twn trinke 3 und 4, ie ii vulve 47, which ma bc ol theiuiinc eoinitruction rui the valve 3 before ldenerihed. 'llie stem 48 of this valve I0 in conneeted, hy pins 49. to the ahort ende of. n puir of levers und 5l, which levern correiipimd in comitruction und arrangement to the lcveni 40 und 4l. The lever 50 ineludce n uhuft 50", thnt worka through e es sleeve .52. which sleeve, ne shown, projects tangentiully from the tnnk 4, ilnd ia ro vided, ut its outer end, with itltulling box 2'.

'llie long inner urin of thc levertlt) ia ntteched to u llout 53, us shown, hy menne of e link 54. 'lhc lever 5t is pivuted to n bracket 56 un the eueing of the vulve l7.,nnd iit ite free end,

it iii provided with un udjuiitnhle weight 56.

'lhe eonutruetion uml nrrongciiient ol the vulve It?, und the llout ioriented-connections |06 whieh eoi'nn-rute therewith, ure auch tlnit the uid vulve will he loreml downwurd into u eloeed position. under the netiou ol tho loiit, whenever the eoluiun of heer witliili the enrhonuting tunk 3 reuehex up roxiniutcly lio the level indieuted in 'ig. l. A so the conntruetion of the vulve A47. und the errungeiiient ot' the "ont connections which coperute therewith, nre uneli thut unid vulve will he forced downwurd into u closed position, 113 hy the Iluut .'it, whenever the eoluiiin of heer within the reducing.' tnnk 4 reaches approxinmtely the height indieuted in rig. l.

A relut ively high prereun'e of the 'us within the enrlmnntinf.' tunk It is desiruhie, und we, 120 will ineinme'thu pressure to be lilly (50i pounds per rupture ineli, while the 'us reuiuire in the reducing: tnnh t sin-nld e n mt ten (l0) inunda. 'lliese iressnres heilig entre estitli islietl lll 'tlit' Nuit litltlut, will lx* 12b uutonmtieully niuintuit ed, un will printentlv more lolly uppeur. t ne wuy to eiituhliui the renpeetive desired pressure iu the tunloi iii, lient to till them entirely nith gun. und

| then stort the heer pump into uetion, und tao o vieter-ectuetcd puinp'interpoeed .in n id liquid eupplying connection, lor forcing hqiiid into een eherging tenk e weter delivery pipe leeding to eeid pump for supplying mptive power thereto, e controller velve in iieiil l witter eupplyin pipe. o iloet within eiiid cherring tenk, or ectiie'ting eeid pump controll iig velve n eut-od valve in the comiiiunlceting tuhe between eeid two tiinlui, end ii lloet in eid reducing teiik hevi connectione for operetin eiiid ent-oli ve ve, enbiitentielly esilcecri icd.

3. ln en uppiiretue of the elierecter deocriheil, the eomliinetion with e high preiieiire te cliiirging tank end e reducing tenk, of o liquid supply connection opening into the upper portion ol eeidcherging tenk, e gu eupplying connection ele'o opening into t e upper portion ol eeid charging tenk, e tube connecting I0 the eid elierging tenk with the reduci tenk, nieene lor withdrewing li uid from eei reducing tenk. e water-ectue pump interioeeil in leid liquid eupplyng connection, or forcing liquid into seid chiirging tenk e Si wetcr delivery pipe lending to eeid pump or eulpplying motive power thereto, e controller v ve in eeid weter eupliling pipe. e tloet within eeld ehergl ten or ectuet eehl pump controlling v ve, e cut-ol! velve in the $0 communiceting tube between leid two tenke.

end e tioet in eeiil reducing luik heving ,com nectio'ne loro reting seid cut-oli velve, lubntiintiiilly ee i eecrihed.

4. in en epperetue olA the cherecter deecribed, the combinetion-with e preeeure cherging tank end e reducing tenk, ol e liquid eiipply connection opening into eeid cherging tenk, e tiibe connect eeid two tenke. ineene lor liirithdreivi lquid from eeid reducing tenk. e gee eupp y connection 4o opening into, eiiid cherging tenk, e wetereo tiinteil pump interposed in eeid liquid aug plying connection, lor forcing the liquid in eeidcherging tenk, e weter de'live pipe lending to eind pump, lor eu plying t e mo` el tive power thereto, e contro er velve in eeid weter supply pipe, e lever lor opereting nid velve extending into leid cli tenk, a lioet e plied to the inner end o eend lever, e

ciit-o valve in the communicating tn be lo I,

tween eeid two tenke, e lever lor operating enid cut-oli velve extending into eeid reducing tenk, end e llont connected to the inner end of seid lever, euliiitentiell ee deeeribed.

in testimony whereof l ellix my iigneture M in presence of two witneeeee.

' EUGENE B. MOWER n Witneeece: 

